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I'm a bit of a cinephile, particularly when it comes to Star Wars.
One of my all-time favorite Star Wars films is Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Essentially, the entire point of Rogue One is to fill a nearly 40-year-old plot hole: Why would the evil empire build a moon-sized, world-obliterating weapon with a design flaw so significant that it could be destroyed with a single torpedo?

Dear editor:
My wife and I are in business providing human resources guidance and research to local governments. As such, we considered ourselves fairly knowledgeable of North Carolina employment law ... wrong.

Brooklynn Clinebell secured three prizes during the county Easter egg hunt

Camila Carillo has her eyes on a big prize

Erin Lasher, front, left, pops some bubbles at an Easter egg station set up at Luddy Park

BUNN -- There it is, before your eyes. Can you see it?
With each passing game, the young Southern Nash Ladybirds continue to improve and exceed expectations during the 2022 prep softball campaign.
The Ladybirds' fast-pitch dynasty appeared to be in jeopardy this spring as Southern Nash, after the loss of so many talented upperclassmen, faced the prospect of starting a whopping five freshman in 2022 -- including at the all-important pitcher's position.

Bunn's Gracie Hanna fouls off a pitch for the Ladycats during Tuesday's home contest against Southern Nash.

BUNN -- A chance.
That's all Derrick Wade has ever wanted -- beginning with his time at Bunn High School and now moving on to the collegiate level in the fall.
Wade got his opportunity -- and he made the most of it at Bunn. And he hopes to continue to do the same with the next-level chance he is receiving at Chowan University, a Division II school located in Murfreesboro (near Ahoskie).

Senior standout Derrick Wade scores yet another run for the Bunn Wildcats. Wade has signed a letter-of-intent to join the baseball program at Chowan University, which is located in Murfreesboro.

BUNN -- The Bunn Ladycats appear to be halfway home in their girls soccer program rebuilding process under the direction of Coach Robert Petrone.
The Ladycats didn't field a team last spring due to COVID-19 concerns -- and that fact put Bunn in a precarious position this season as the Ladycats moved up from the Class 2-A Northern Carolina Conference to the Class 3-A Big East Conference.

Bunn's Yvette Arellano (right) possesses the ball for the Ladycats during Tuesday afternoon's home girls soccer match against Roanoke Rapids in Big East Conference action.

LOUISBURG, NC - Lucille Debnam Hayes, 89, of Louisburg, died Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at her home.

LOUISBURG, NC--Theodore Russell Earl, 86, of Louisburg passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at his home. He was born on January 5, 1936 to the late Frederick and Mary Brewster Earl.

HENDERSON, NC--William Arnold Cornell, 70, of Henderson, NC died April 9, 2022. The son of the late Junius Arnold Cornell and Agatha Minola Green. In addition to his parents, William was preceded in death by his son Chad Cornell, a brother, and a grandchild.

FRANKLINTON, NC-- Offie Joyner, 71, passed away peacefully at Wake Medical Center on April 7, 2022 with his wife and sons at his side. Offie was born in Franklin County on March 7, 1951 to the late Ernest and Jessie Patterson Joyner.

Altene Hamilton Loyd, 86 of Granville County, died Sunday, April 10, 2022. Funeral Services will be conducted at 12 p.m., Wednesday, April 14, at Bright Funeral Home and Cremation Service Chapel with Rev. Al Thomas officiating. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home.

LOUISBURG, NC -- Funeral services for Dante' Nyrique Norman, age 23, who died on Friday, April 8, 2022, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, 2022 from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg, NC. Rev. Anthony Alston, officiating.

LOUISBURG, NC--Joan Lee McMullen Sims, 84, passed away on April 5, 2022, she was born in Washington DC on August 16, 1937 to the late Floyd J. and Ida Dove McMullen. In addition to her parents, Joan was predeceased by her husband, Virgil Clinton Sims Sr.

LOUISBURG -- A superior court judge permanently disqualified former Franklin County Clerk of Court Patricia Chastain from holding the office ever again.
Judge Thomas H. Lock issued the order on April 5, nearly three weeks after listening to arguments about Chastain's future.
Chastain's attorneys filed a motion on March 3 to have her immediately reinstated as Clerk of Superior Court, get back pay from the time of her removal, and any other relief the court deemed appropriate.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County sheriff's deputies arrested a Louisburg man on Wednesday, alleging he was responsible for a triple shooting the day before.
The trio was being treated for injuries at WakeMed on Tuesday afternoon. An update on their condition was not immediately available.
Authorities arrested Todd Richardson Rogers, 59, of 123 Vineyard Drive on Wednesday in the Alert community, said Franklin County Sheriff's Office Chief of Staff Terry Wright.

LOUISBURG -- The Franklin County Board of Commissioners agreed to fast forward the purchase of three ambulances and begin efforts to replace a Bunn EMS station, the first public actions taken to address a study of the county's EMS system that highlighted several shortcomings.
Staff and officials, though, noted that the actions are just the first of several steps the county has planned to bolster its emergency services system.

From left to right, Safe Space's Jeanelle Leach, District Administrator Director of Judicial District 9's Guardian ad Litem Program Mary Jo Van Horne and Kendall Fuller with the Franklin County Department of Social Services place pinwheels and signs at the Franklin County Courthouse, drawing attention to April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

LOUISBURG -- The Louisburg Town Council learned last week it may be getting a new "tool" for its toolbox, a tool designed to help direct the town's growth through at least 2030.
During a special council meeting last Wednesday afternoon, Louisburg Planning and Zoning Administrator Philip Slayter gave the town's lawmakers an hour-long view of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan that will be up for both a public hearing and a vote during the council's regular April 18 meeting.